Balletbuds80

Good luck to all the Group 1’s. It’s so close. Exciting and nerve wracking. 
 

Have any Of the Group 2’s been watched yet? Ours hasn’t. 

On 18/09/2020 at 11:24, Ballet_mum3 said:

I will take a look at the app.  Its a tense wait.  I had my 3 year old run in screaming half way throught the second video and me quickly scooping her up in my pjs!  😳 DD kept her cool though, Im sure whoever watches it will have a chuckle!

On 18/09/2020 at 11:24, Ballet_mum3 said:

I will take a look at the app.  Its a tense wait.  I had my 3 year old run in screaming half way throught the second video and me quickly scooping her up in my pjs!  😳 DD kept her cool though, Im sure whoever watches it will have a chuckle!

Nice to hear I wasn’t the only one 😃

13 hours ago, Ballet_mum3 said:

Hi everyone

 

First time posting on this forum and first time auditioning for my 8 year old DD.  Hoping Manchester! 🙏 

 

Great thread, I have been checking my DD videos on you tubeto see if they have been viewed but I cant figue out if its been watched or the views are going up because I keep on checking! 😄

You can see how many views your video’s have had when you open up YouTube and click on your account into the video tab. If you click on each video, your number count goes up. I have got all three at the same number of views by clicking into them myself so I know now, when that number changes, it will have been viewed by them as they are the only ones with access to it via link (as long as I dont click on the videos again). There is the YouTube analytics app which shows you also). There is also something about subscribers. I think that will change once viewed by someone other than myself? Although that is only my guess 👍🏻

2 hours ago, Alexandra84 said:

Thank you for your answer! yes, my daughters video has already been seen, just wondering if they view it again later to decide or if they just view it once and make the decision there and then. 

Interesting about the numbers, I thought it was more than that  

Can you imagine the mammoth task they will have viewing all those videos and i imagine there will be a high number with potential. How do they even whittle it down? I would love watching all the videos as love ballet myself but after so many videos, it must get a little laborious!  

We are Group 2 and our deadline was on Monday so each day I am hoping to see our video has been viewed. Mostly so we know I have uploaded them correctly. It’s nice to know that in the next 27 days we will have a decision either way. We are Leeds Year 4 so it’s the first time our DD has auditioned for RBS JA. We had fun making the videos but we had quite a few technical glitches along the way and a rather embarrassing 20 seconds of a view of my nostrils whilst I logged back into my laptop and a few obscenity’s under my breath but hopefully they will look past my incompetence and see some potential in my daughter. 😂🩰

On 30/08/2020 at 15:10, Warby22 said:

Thank you for organising this thread. My DD applied for London. Does anyone know when we’re likely to hear back? 

If we can find out what happened with Year 6, I would imagine it would be the same? If they found out by centre at a time or all together right at the end 

We have received our email for Group 2 (Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Dundee). We are going to do it tomorrow. I really want to take a peek but unsure if allowed with them saying it mustn’t be rehearsed.

21 hours ago, Millicent said:

Thanks, I can't remember all of the options but we used OneDrive to upload the videos. 

21 hours ago, Millicent said:

Thanks, I can't remember all of the options but we used OneDrive to upload the videos. 

 

1 minute ago, Millicent said:

Has anyone received any kind of confirmation after sending in their videos? Just a bit concerned that after submitting the video form it said "you will hear from us shortly" as I assumed that meant a confirmation email perhaps later that day, rather than getting the results in, presumably, a month's time? 

We are not at this stage yet but they will have a list and I am sure would contact you if you hadn’t submitted your application by the deadline. You could always email and ask for receipt of email? 
Does it say what application must be used? Is it Dropbox? Vimeo? YouTube?

Good luck and hope you hear soon 

14 hours ago, BalletBoysDad said:

I read on an earlier email that candidates who are 8 or 9 will be auditioned in autumn term with a view to successful candidates starting in January 2021. I’m not sure if this is still the plan, but we could be in for a very long wait.... 

I think this statement was made when they were still hoping for a class audition as they would have been unsure if they would be allowed that volume of children in one room so have said autumn for a Jan start. But Its not quite autumn yet so could start earlier? I am hoping that the timescales will be the same as the Year 6 as I believe (and correct me if I am wrong), that the places available at this point are open to both Year 4 and 5 children? So if there are 8 places, it can be either Year 4 or 5 as this age group are in a class together? Gosh I am babbling 😂 I may be wrong though........

We are Group 2 and I am expecting an email around the beginning of September. I think it will be posted on here by myself and others when they come through. I do hope we will hear the results in Groups and not one big mail shot at the end of it all. Wishful thinking

1 hour ago, Millicent said:

I just got the email from RBS and they emphasise to do it first time in one go, and there is absolutely no benefit to practising, so that's a relief to me! 

 

This might be a stupid question but will a mobile phone recording be able to record for long enough? Sorry, completely technologically backward here! 

How exciting @Millicent. You must be a Group 1 but it’s great to know the emails have started going out. I feel much better knowing g it must be done in one go. I am going to check my device storage to make sure I have a decent amount before I start recording. That’s all I am worried about 😂Good luck x

1 hour ago, Whiteduvet said:

Year 6 audition was around 35 mins long. A nice teacher leading the class and the children followed, with you filming them. Only meant to go through it once so no practice allowed. 

 

Simple exercises and combinations plus quite a few points where they were asked to stand in a certain position (nothing complicated: just to see their proportions) or hold a particular stretch. They took their socks off too at one point. 

 

All very straightforward and nothing really you can do to prepare. The most complicated part is uploading the video...! 

This is fantastic information. I wasn’t sure if we’d be able to watch it through once before filming. So I guess we put a time aside, get her ‘ready’ in her leotard, hair done etc and then go for it. 
Thank you! 
 

57 minutes ago, RachH said:

I found this on the RBS website - in the photos section: 

Female dancewear: for photographs and when attending an audition class girls should wear a plain-colour leotard (simple-style: no skirt, no frills, lace, high fancy neckline or multi-straps), short ballet socks and bare legs (no tights), ballet shoes with elastic (no ribbons). Hair neatly groomed.

Male dancewear: for photographs and when attending an audition class boys should wear a close-fitting t-shirt or dance leotard, dance shorts or plain-colour swimming trunks, short white socks and bare legs (no tights), ballet shoes.  Hair neatly groomed, if long please tie back (no headbands).

https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/train/apply/photograph-requirements/

Yes I knew I had seen it somewhere. Thank you

19 hours ago, RachH said:

Can we talk leotards? Are you going with normal uniform or is it better to go with something different? My DD has a lovely black degas leotard so was thinking of that with a belt. I can’t imagine it will make any difference really. 

Have I imagined it that the leotards must be plain with no lace or sleeves? 

On 06/08/2020 at 21:00, glowlight said:

 

There will be lots of opportunities in the future if your dd is open to them.  Treat this first one as a fun practice for all of those auditions to come.

 

If she is successful this time it will be an added bonus.  If not it is good practice for the next one, and the next one,  etc

Yes absolutely 

3 hours ago, Raquelle said:

Hi everyone. Just had a lovely call to say my DD has been accepted into the JAs from the Swl! Had almost given up hope. For those of you still waiting I'm keeping everything crossed for you too x 

Congratulations to you DD 

11 minutes ago, BellaF said:

I have a DD auditioning for a year 5 place in Birmingham (group 4). 
 

Seems like we’ve been preparing for this audition forever! Ready to get it over and done with now. 

It’s the not knowing that’s the hard part for us parents isn’t it. Not hearing anything for so long and then not knowing what to expect. I am disappointed my DD is not going to have the experience of doing a class. We didn’t book an insight day as my DD teacher only suggested about her applying after that date. She has no class audition experience but she is only 8 so I am sure there will be other opportunities in the future. Possibly next year 😂

Hi

I thought it would be nice to start this topic (if allowed) for those of us who have a DC applying for RBS JA Year 4 and 5 this year via video audition so we can keep track of each centre and help each other out with any questions. If there are any of you on this forum? 
Group 1 is London and we are Group 2 (Leeds). Would be nice to meet you all (virtually) on here and hear your views. 
 

4 minutes ago, BellaF said:

We're group 4 (Birmingham) so a bit of a while to wait for info. 

 

Do they send a video to follow along to or a list of exercises? Is there a lot of actual ballet or static stretches /standing in positions? 

 

So glad we finally have news!!

Yes me too. We are Group 2 so shouldn’t be too long. I hope the content will be the same as the class auditions so at least we have an inkling of what to expect (from previous threads on here). 

Did you understand the email to say we will hear 2.5 weeks before our submission deadline so we get 2.5 weeks to create the video application?

15 minutes ago, Ballet Dreams said:

The year 6 audition was really easy I wouldn’t worry about it you didn’t need much space.  It followed a similar format to normal JA auditions there will be nothing in the audition your DC wouldn’t have already undertaken in their ballet class. My DD liked the video audition there was less stress and she had no one to compare to.  Good luck to your DC

Thank you. There wasn’t a lot of detail on the email. I think we get 2.5 weeks to submit our application?

3 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said:

Hello Balletbuds80 and welcome to the Forum!

Thank you 

Hi. I have been reading the posts on this forum but this is the first time I have posted. We received an email today notifying us that RBS JA’s Year 4 and 5 auditions will now be via video audition. Are there any Year 6’s on here who have auditioned via video this time who can offer some advice?